Forget the butler -- the stylist did it, Gwyneth Paltrow claims. After taking a beating from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for wearing a fox stole in an ad for luxury accessories designer Tod's, she explained to a PETA official that a stylist had draped the stole over her briefly during an all-day photo shoot.

"I didn't pay much attention to it, and when I noticed it was fur, I assumed it was fake fur, but did not ask, so it's my fault," Paltrow says, according to the PETA official in Usmagazine.com. "I was very surprised when they ended up using that one shot out of hundreds for the centerpiece of the Tod's ads."

She says she does not wear fur, but believes that converting people to vegetarianism is more important than anti-fur activism.

"We know it's the best diet for us and our kids, and of course, for animals and the environment," Paltrow says.

(Except on Thanksgiving! The latest dispatch from Paltrow's lifestyle website, GOOP, includes Thanksgiving recipes, including turkey, which Paltrow says is the "main event" in her house.)